Frightening Quotes

460 Frightening quotes by 395 unique authors

When AIDS was at its most brutal, frightening, my-God-what-are-we-going-to-do era, that was when vampire stories and stories about blood and trust swept the literary world. — Susie Bright
I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much more frightening to… — Ted Simon
I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of… — Richard Ernst
We not only believe what we see, to some extent we see what we believe ...The implications of our beliefs are frightening. — Richard Gregory
Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or intuition.… — Edward Kasner
Since the war nothing is so really frightening not the dark not alone in a room or anything on a road or a dog or… — Gertrude Stein
However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child… — Robert Neelly Bellah
Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love. — Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Sometimes hope could be the most frightening thing in the world. — Barry Lyga
Self-mutilation is a frightening barrier that keeps us from seeing a person who is lost, in pain, and in desperate need of help. — Steven Levenkron
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power… — Unknown Author
Starvation is incredibly frightening when it finally sets in with a vengeance. And when it does,you are surprised. You hadn't meant this. You say: Wait,… — Marya Hornbacher
I found that stiffly saluting member, of which he was so proud, rather frightening, and to tell the truth I found his pride slightly comical.… — Anne Desclos
It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished technique, and we find ourselves doubting the validity… — Unknown Author
It is frightening how dependent on drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea… — Prince Charles
The phenomenon of economic ignorance is so widespread, and its consequences so frightening, that the objective of reducing that ignorance becomes a goal invested with… — Israel Kirzner
Remembering how my mother looked before she gave birth to my sister is frightening. But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them… — Daniel Keyes
I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes… — Wilfred Burchett
You're not allowed to step out of whatever the rules are, politically, or socially, and they'll get you for it, they'll hunt you down. That's… — Timothy West

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